About me

PhD - University of Sheffield (2003)

BSc - University of Sheffield (1998)

I am a global change ecologist with a strong focus on understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change on plant populations. I also work understanding the implications of such changes on humans - eg through impacts on resources and risk. I lead the cross-university Extreme Events in Science and Society University of Stirling Research Programme.

Research

My work incorporates tools from remote sensing through to molecular genetics and covers a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, such as the following areas:

Determinants of species distributions.

Use of remote sensing to detect and monitor change in ecosystem structure and function.

Jump A (2017) Trying to keep nature the same is a fool’s errand – we should embrace change. The Conversation. 02.08.2017. https://theconversation.com/trying-to-keep-nature-the-same-is-a-fools-errand-we-should-embrace-change-81963

Jump A & Winkel G (2012) Linking Politics and Ecology of European Beech Forests: first findings of the BeFoFu project. Third European Congress of Conservation Biology, Glasgow, 28.08.2012-01.09.2012. http://www.ecnc.org/news050912/

Jump A Contrasting impacts of climate change across the geographical range of tree species and their implications for future forest composition. Forests of the Future: Challenges for Mediterranean Forests in a Changing Climate, 2011, UIMP Barcelona Centre Ernest Lluch.

Jump A Genetic and demographic impacts of forest fragmentation in European beech, Fagus sylvatica (Seminar Presentation) (Presentation) School of Biology, University of St Andrews, 2011, St Andrews, Scotland.

Jump A (2010) Assessment of initial vegetation development during saltmarsh restoration at RSPB Skinflats reserve: One year on from the introduction of a regulated tidal exchange scheme. RSPB Scotland, South and West Region.

Jump A (2010) Impacts of increasing drought on temperate forests: what we've seen so far and what may be yet to come. International Workshop on Adaptation of Perennial Plants to Episodic Drought: Impact on Ecosystems, Gottingen, Germany, 06.10.2010-08.10.2010. http://www.kliff-niedersachsen.de.vweb5-test.gwdg.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Programm-Workshop-6-8.10.101.pdf

Jump A Rapid mountain range retractions of forest trees and their implications for dieback in lowland regions (Presentation) XXIII IUFRO World Congress: Forests for the Future, 2010, Seoul, South Korea.

Jump A (2010) Integrating dendroecology and population genetics to identify future changes in the diversity and distribution of tree species (Presentation) PopBio2010: Plant Population Biology Crossing Borders, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 13.05.2010-15.05.2010. http://www.sense.nl/articles/5629

Jump A Ecological and evolutionary impacts of rapid climate change on woody plant species (Keynote presentation) (Presentation) Plants for the Future: Annual Congress of the German Botanical Society, 2009, Leipzig, GErmany.

Jump A Can plants adapt to the changing climate? Studies of evolutionary responses to drought and warming in natural populations (Seminar Presentation) (Presentation) Biology Department, University of York, 2007, York, UK.